Since its release on September 11, 1998, Rounders has exposed countless people to the dark, seedy underworld of poker. This film has plenty of quirkiness and gritty charm to make up for its flaws. They each possess their own brand of cockiness that can only come with success, and it works perfectly for their roles. There is something about their rawness in this filmthat made me like both of them more than I did before seeing it.
As you most certainly know, unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock, Damon and Norton have gone on to do quite well for themselves since 1998. At the time this movie was made, Edward Norton and Matt Damon were both riding the wave of newly acquired commercial success. I liked it immediately because of its cast.
I viewed Rounders for the very first time about five years ago after finding its stray DVD in a stack of other case-less films I carried with me from apartment to apartment in my early twenties.
